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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akio Sugaya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345143 ; 345195 ; 395110 ;
Abstract
An output apparatus includes a memory for storing attribute information and an output resolution of a character pattern, an outline font forming unit for forming an outline font on the basis of font information in a dot pattern format, a dot pattern forming unit for forming a dot pattern font on the basis of the outline font in accordance with the attribute information and the resolution, and an output unit for displaying and outputting the dot pattern formed by the dot pattern forming unit.